{"id":2259818,"date":"2024-06-04T18:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T22:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-korea-abandons-deal-with-north-korea-after-trash-balloon-spat\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T18:13:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T22:13:37","slug":"south-korea-abandons-deal-with-north-korea-after-trash-balloon-spat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-korea-abandons-deal-with-north-korea-after-trash-balloon-spat\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea cancels agreement with North Korea following dispute over trash-filled balloons"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouth-korea-abandons-deal-with-north-korea-after-trash-balloon-spat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2259818&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>South Korea suspended a 2018\u200b military agreement with North Korea in response to North Korea&#8217;s\u2063 trash balloon campaign. This decision allows South Korea\u2063 to conduct military training near the Demarcation Line for enhanced responses to North Korean provocations. The move follows North Korea launching balloons containing non-hazardous waste into South Korea. North Korea&#8217;s action sparked \u2064concerns about \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-u-s-military-strikes-car-carrying-multiple-suicide-bombers-en-route-to-kabul-airport-officials-say\/\" title=\"BREAKING: U.S. Military Strikes Car Carrying \u2018Multiple Suicide Bombers\u2019 En Route To Kabul Airport, Officials Say\">potential future threats<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>South Korea suspended a 2018 military agreement with North Korea on Tuesday after <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-south-balloons-trash-1b65c87f53613b4d4738486d19b454d4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>promising<\/a> \u201cunbearable\u201d retaliation for North Korea\u2019s trash balloon campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The suspension of the pact will allow South Korea to resume \u201cmilitary training in the areas around the Military Demarcation Line\u201d and enable \u201cmore sufficient and immediate responses to North Korean provocations,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/south-korea-suspend-military-pact-north-trash-balloons-rcna155131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>statement<\/a> by South Korea\u2019s National Security Council.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>North Koreans along the military fences near a military guard post, top right, are seen from South Korea\u2019s Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo\/Lee Jin-man)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe responsibility for this situation lies solely with North Korea,\u201d Cho Chang-rae, South Korea\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-vaccine-supplies-arrive-in-south-korea\/\" title=\"U.S. vaccine supplies arrive in South Korea\">deputy defense minister<\/a> for policy, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-south-korea-balloons-military-agreement-e98754a2d25b38cc501eefb46015cb98\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>. \u201cIf North Korea launches additional provocations, our military, in conjunction with the solid South Korea-U.S. defense posture, will punish North Korea swiftly, strongly, and to the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move comes after North Korea <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/north-koreas-trash-balloons-deepen-tensions-south-happening-110807073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>launched<\/a> hundreds of balloons carrying wastepaper, cigarette butts, manure, and other waste into South Korea over the past week. The balloons did not contain any dangerous materials, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-south-balloons-trash-1b65c87f53613b4d4738486d19b454d4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> the Joint Chiefs of Staff, although some <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-balloon-trash-south-f9b4b0604b454cebce1eb994f464b948\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>worried<\/a> that North Korea might use balloons to distribute more harmful substances in the future.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea said it launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-vows-to-stop-dumping-balloons-of-trash-into-south-korea\/\" title=\"North Korea pledges to halt releasing trash-filled balloons into South Korea\">trash-carrying balloons<\/a> in response to a South Korean balloon campaign. For years, South Korean activists have floated balloons containing political messaging, including anti-Pyongyang leaflets and hard drives containing South Korean dramas, K-pop music, and world news, into North Korea. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>FILE \u2013 This photo provided by the South Korean Defense Ministry shows balloons with trash presumably sent by North Korea in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>North Korea said on Sunday that it would stop sending the trash balloons across the border.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe made the ROK (Republic of Korea) clans get enough experience of how much unpleasant they feel and how much effort is needed to remove the scattered wastepaper,\u201d Kim Kang Il, a North Korean vice defense minister, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3025563\/north-korea-vows-to-stop-dumping-balloons-of-trash-into-south-korea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>South Korea then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/02\/world\/asia\/north-korea-trash-balloons.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> on Tuesday that it would \u201crevive all military activities\u201d that had previously been limited under the 2018 agreement, which North Korea already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/south-korea-says-it-will-resume-military-activities-along-demarcation-line-2024-06-04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>suspended<\/a> last year. The activities will continue \u201cuntil mutual trust between the South and the North is restored,\u201d Cho <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/asia_pacific\/2024-06-04\/north-south-korea-military-agreement-14074747.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea halted a 2018 military deal with North Korea, citing &#8220;unbearable&#8221; retaliation over North Korea&#8217;s trash balloon campaign. This move allows South Korea to conduct military exercises near the Demarcation Line, ensuring swift responses to North Korean provocations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3192,"featured_media":2259819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24156122637767.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2259818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24156122637767.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2259818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2259819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2259818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2259818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2259818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}